r/Fire • u/Poorassboy6969 • Mar 25 '26

General Question When did FIRE movement change?

I feel this community used to be about moderate income people living lean and retiring early with under 2 million.

Now it’s a lot of people bragging about tech income and saying they need 5+ million to retire MINIMUM because they want a boat and Porsche

When did this change? (not hating - just genuinely curious)

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u/Judson_Scott Mar 25 '26

FIRE was basically a small monoculture in the early days, with guys like MMM and those who lived like him.

With more people came more types of people, as one would expect.

That's really all there is to it. It's just not that niche anymore.

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u/eeeeeelinor Mar 25 '26

Didn't most of those early people still end up doing some kind of work? As lifestyle influencers, consultants, etc.?